Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin held regular press conference on May 25. DPRK missile test, IPEF launch, Bachelet’s China visit, Wang Fi’s Fiji visit, Texas carnage, PLA exercises around Taiwan, Sino-Australian trade, Japan & NPT and Chinese subsidies besides a host of other issues. EXCERPT Yonhap News Agency: It Read more ………
The Tibetan writer and poet Gendun Lhundrub (47), who has been held incommunicado for more than a year after his arrest in 2020, is being detained in a prison in Siling (in Chinese, Xining), says Radio Free Asia (RFA) quoting Tibetans with knowledge of his situation. “We have learned that Read more ………
Winding up his 6-day trip to Asia, U.S. President Joe Biden used the war in Ukraine to send a message to China to uphold the fundamental principles of the international order, says VOA in a report from Tokyo. “Territorial integrity and sovereignty, international law, human rights must always be defended, Read more ………
NEWS PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called on Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami. And discussed the current political situation in the country. Both agreed that Imran Khan’s ambitions will not be allowed to succeed at any cost while the coalition government will work to get the country Read more ………
The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times. Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa Province have been active in the Lake Chad Basin region. Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and Ansarul Islam Read more ………
NEWS Speaking in a TV programme, Federal home minister Rana Sannallah said, “We cannot go for polls in the atmosphere created by Imran Khan.” Without naming anyone but pointing to the establishment, he said, “It is not possible that they keep our hands tied and they get their jobs done. Read more ………
Uzra Zeya, an under-secretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights of the US government, is also a special coordinator for Tibetan issues for the Joe Biden administration. She arrived in Kathmandu Friday from India where her meetings with Tibetan leaders in Dharamshala, including the Dalai Lama, were making headlines. As soon as Read more ………
South Korea is gearing up to reduce trade dependence on China and build up new supply chain alliances to meet the post-Covid challenges. The pandemic restrictions and protocols in China have disrupted the supply chain which is mostly China based. Under President Yoon Suk-yeol’s new conservative administration – which is Read more ………
The PML-N-led coalition government in Pakistan appears unwilling to take the blame for any unpopular decisions it may have to take to fix the economy, and wants guaranteed backing of the powerful military establishment to help it see through the remaining period of its tenure till August next year, reports Read more ………
New Delhi and Colombo are currently engaged in the final stages of discussions on Lines of Credit (LOCs) amounting to a total of $ 750 million for fuel purchases by the island nation, a Lanka daily reported on Sunday. The Government of Sri Lanka has already sought a $ 250 Read more ………
The State Department held a press briefing on May 20 with Ned Price, Spokesperson, fielding questions about the Summit of the Americas, North Korea, NATO, and Xinjiang among other hot topics. Excerpts QUESTION: On China, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is – has confirmed a trip Read more ………
